Mexico finds 109 Central American migrants crammed in truck

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Federal Police patrol car escorting vehicles with civilians along the gang-infested Matamoros-Ciudad Victoria highway, Tamaulipas State, Mexico, in the border with the United States, on December 17, 2015.

Federal Police patrol car escorting vehicles with civilians along the gang-infested Matamoros-Ciudad Victoria highway, Tamaulipas State, Mexico, in the border with the United States, on December 17, 2015.

Photo: RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP/Getty Images

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Federal Police patrol car escorting vehicles with civilians along the gang-infested Matamoros-Ciudad Victoria highway, Tamaulipas State, Mexico, in the border with the United States, on December 17, 2015.

Federal Police patrol car escorting vehicles with civilians along the gang-infested Matamoros-Ciudad Victoria highway, Tamaulipas State, Mexico, in the border with the United States, on December 17, 2015.

Photo: RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP/Getty Images

Mexico finds 109 Central American migrants crammed in truck

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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican immigration authorities say they've found 109 Central American migrants crammed into the back of a trailer truck. They include 39 children or youths.

Mexico's National Immigration Institute said Friday some of the migrants were suffering from dehydration and asphyxia due to the crowded conditions and the time they had spent in the truck.

The truck was pulled over at an inspection checkpoint Thursday near Ciudad Victoria in the northern border state of Tamaulipas.